Birthdays
William Embre Gaines
Turns 16 on this date
Horace Maynard
Turns 46 on this date
Daniel Webster McCurdy
Turns 19 on this date
Joseph W. Redden
Turns 26 on this date
Alexander Hamilton Rice
Turns 42 on this date
William Paine Sheffield
Turns 40 on this date
Events
| US/the World | In Calabria, Garibaldi and his men capture more of the increasingly dispirited Bourbon army | 08/30/1860 |
| Education/Culture | In cricket, the visiting United States team defeats Canada in Montreal |
08/29/1860 to 08/30/1860 |
| US/the World | The Prince of Wales visits Canada's largest and richest city of Montreal |
08/24/1860 to 08/30/1860 |
Documents
| Letter | Abraham Lincoln to Alexander McClure, August 30, 1860 | 08/30/1860 |
| Newspaper | Charlestown (VA) Free Press, “A Broken Platform,” August 30, 1860 | 08/30/1860 |